Friday, February 25, 2011

The late Jorge Zaffino drew this page but I don't remember the book. It was for Marvel though. It's a great, dark and moody page. I found a place on the web with dozens of Zaffino scans! Click HERE to see the Picasa gallery!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Dwayne died earlier this week and I wish I knew him better. I first met him when he worked in Editorial at Marvel. He did not stay there very long, but I worked with him when he wrote XO Manowar for Acclaim Comics. He wrote so many books and I admired his great talent. I went to the ReggiesWorld launch party at Golden Apple Comics last night. I heard Reg Hudlin and Denys Cowan remember him and how he was taken away too soon. He was a good guy and I wish I knew him better.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

In my early days at Marvel, I had a chance to do some lettering in the Bullpen. I got the opportunity to letter 2 Spider-Man sunday Strips! The regular letterer went on vacation and gave me copies of some earlier Sunday strips. I think I've posted the original Sundays a few years ago, but here is some Spidey art from the artist at the time, Floro Dery!

Monday, February 21, 2011

This is some Promo art drawn for the second Batman film starring Michael Keaton. It's drawn by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and I think he got the likeness right! I have a bunch more Lopez art I will post in the future!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

These pencils are by Alan Davis! I used to hang around the office that edited 'Excalibur' and I'd get excited when his pencils would come in. He did some his best work on the book! He did even better work on the 'ClanDestine' book from Marvel but I don't have any copies from that stuff.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

I worked for Valiant Comics in 1990. The top guy, Jim Shooter started publishing books based on Nintendo characters and brought in some establish pros to work on them. That's how I got to meet Dan Barry! He drew a book based on the "Punch out" video game, and we all got to meet him. He brought copies of the daily newspaper strip he worked on, Flash Gordon!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

John Severin is an awesome artist with a long history in comics. When he returned to Marvel in the late 80s, he didn't do a lot of Superhero books. He did a 'Rawhide Kid' issue, a book called 'Semper Fi' and an issue of 'The Nam'.The art below is from 'The Nam'! The copies show the detail that was lost in the printed comic.

Monday, February 14, 2011

It's been a slow month for blogging, but I am starting up again in a big way! For those who are new to this blog, let me give you some background. I'm Don. I am now an Illustrator on the West Coast but in a previous life I worked as an inker in NYC. I had a chance to know some great people and I worked over some wonderful pencils! I was such a fan, I made copies of all the stuff that excited me. I thought that I could be cool to share the stuff I've saved with every one who follows my blog! Everyone in the world can check it out, but YOU guys can see it first. Starting tomorrow, I will post scans of some art from the 90's and I'll add some commentary. Your comments are welcome as well! Are you following this?